Share of population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Australia and New Zealand

Share of population in cities over 1 million in Australia and New Zealand in 2025 — 56.11%. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 8.59 pp.

2025 56.11% −0.08 pp vs 2024
World rank
Period maximum 57.17%2022
Period minimum 47.52%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Share of population in cities over 1 million — Australia and New Zealand, 1960–202547.55052.55557.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 47.52%1962: 47.96%1964: 48.63%1966: 49.23%1968: 52.36%1970: 55.29%1972: 55.89%1974: 55.17%1976: 55.4%1978: 55.45%1980: 55.56%1982: 55.21%1984: 55.25%1986: 55.36%1988: 55.43%1990: 55.47%1992: 55.34%1994: 55.62%1996: 55.64%1998: 54.87%2000: 54.14%2002: 53.78%2004: 53.96%2006: 54.09%2008: 54.28%2010: 54.53%2012: 55.07%2014: 55.48%2016: 55.83%2018: 56.15%2020: 56.26%2022: 57.17%2024: 56.19%2025: 56.11%
Change over the period: +8.59 pp Annual average: 0.13 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand 56.11%
World 25.29%
Share of population in cities over 1 million — Australia and New Zealand, by year Australia and New Zealand All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 56.11 −0.08 pp
2024 56.19 −0.37 pp
2023 56.56 −0.61 pp
2022 57.17 +0.18 pp
2021 56.99 +0.73 pp
2020 56.26 +0.07 pp
2019 56.19 +0.04 pp
2018 56.15 +0.21 pp
2017 55.94 +0.11 pp
2016 55.83 +0.14 pp
2015 55.69 +0.21 pp
2014 55.48 +0.22 pp
2013 55.26 +0.19 pp
2012 55.07 +0.2 pp
2011 54.88 +0.35 pp
2010 54.53 +0.24 pp
2009 54.29 +0.02 pp
2008 54.28 +0.06 pp
2007 54.22 +0.13 pp
2006 54.09 +0.03 pp
2005 54.06 +0.1 pp
2004 53.96 +0.13 pp
2003 53.83 +0.05 pp
2002 53.78 +0.07 pp
2001 53.71 −0.43 pp
2000 54.14 −0.37 pp
1999 54.51 −0.35 pp
1998 54.87 −0.35 pp
1997 55.21 −0.43 pp
1996 55.64 −0.02 pp
1995 55.66 +0.04 pp
1994 55.62 +0.12 pp
1993 55.51 +0.16 pp
1992 55.34 +0.06 pp
1991 55.28 −0.19 pp
1990 55.47 +0.05 pp
1989 55.42 −0.01 pp
1988 55.43 +0.04 pp
1987 55.4 +0.03 pp
1986 55.36 +0.06 pp
1985 55.3 +0.05 pp
1984 55.25 +0.09 pp
1983 55.17 −0.04 pp
1982 55.21 −0.17 pp
1981 55.38 −0.18 pp
1980 55.56 −0 pp
1979 55.56 +0.11 pp
1978 55.45 +0.03 pp
1977 55.42 +0.02 pp
1976 55.4 +0.21 pp
1975 55.19 +0.01 pp
1974 55.17 −0.59 pp
1973 55.77 −0.13 pp
1972 55.89 −0.25 pp
1971 56.15 +0.86 pp
1970 55.29 +1.49 pp
1969 53.8 +1.43 pp
1968 52.36 +1.53 pp
1967 50.83 +1.6 pp
1966 49.23 +0.23 pp
1965 49 +0.37 pp
1964 48.63 +0.32 pp
1963 48.31 +0.34 pp
1962 47.96 +0.09 pp
1961 47.88 +0.36 pp
1960 47.52

About the indicator

The share of a country's population living in urban agglomerations larger than one million people. The indicator separates countries with the same level of urbanization: in some the urban population is spread across many mid-sized cities, in others it is concentrated in one or two agglomerations. The highest values come from small countries with a single dominant city, where the capital agglomeration holds more than half of the country.

Important: Countries without agglomerations of this size are absent from the series rather than entered as zero. The aggregate for a group of countries is therefore calculated only where coverage is sufficient: averaging the countries that do have million-plus cities would overstate the share.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.